Package tie or holder.



l. KOLIBAS. PACKAGE TIE 0R HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8, l9l8 Lw Patented om. 15, 1918.

INVENT n in JOHN KOLIBAS, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

PACKAGE TIE OR HOLDER.

Application led August 8, 1918.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KoLIBAs, a subject of Austria-Hungary, residingat Oleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Package Ties or Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to package ties or holders, and has for itsobject to provide a device by means of which a box, a package, a letterfile, or other article may be held, and quickly and easily released whendesired.

The device comprises a set of crossed straps which may be placed aroundthe package and secured by snap fasteners.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of a package provided with the tie. Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

In the drawings 6 is a box or package. The tie or holder comprises apair of crossed straps 7 andV 8, which may be secured together at thecrossing, between their ends, as by a rivet 9 or the like. Each end ofeach strap is bent to form a loop 10 which is held by a sliding clasp 11having slots 12 through which the members of the loop extend, theextremity of the strap being fastened to the clasp as indicated at 13.This well-known sliding clasp permits an adjustment to lengthen orshorten the strap according to packages of different sizes.

The loops 10 at the ends of the straps are connected by links 14 toshort loop straps or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Serial No. 248,831.

tabs 15, three of which carry the socket members 16 of snap fasteners,the ball members 17 of which are secured to three arms of across strap18. One of the tabs 15 may be riveted to onearm of the cross strap 18,as indicated at 19, so as to connect all parts of the tie together andprevent accidental loss.

In the use of the device, the clasps 11 are adjusted to suit the lengthof the straps 7 and 8 to the pacakage to be tied. The snap fasteners 16and 17 are then engaged to hold the ackage. This enables the device tobe quic {ly and easily applied to or removed from a package or bundleto'be held.

I claim:

1. A package tie comprising a pair of crossed straps having adjustableloops at the end to increase or decrease the length of the straps,another cross strap section, and detachable means to connect the ends ofthe loops to the said cross strap section.

2. A package tie comprising crossed straps each of which has anadjustable loop at each end thereof, a tab connected to each loop andprovided with a fastener member,

and a cross strap having arms or branchesv provided with co'peratingfastener memers.

In testimony whereof, I do ailix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

. JOHN KOLIBAS. Witnesses:

ANDREW KoLIBAs, SAM MUSULIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, ID. C.

